Learning the (Hidden) Silence Policy within the Police

Autor/in	Wieslander, Malin
Titel	Learning the (Hidden) Silence Policy within the Police
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 41 (2019) 3, S.308-325 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wieslander, Malin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
DOI	10.1080/0158037X.2018.1497592
Schlagwörter	Police; Self Expression; Employee Attitudes; Fear; Work Environment; Personnel Policy; Social Behavior; Behavior Standards; Organizational Culture; Organizational Climate; Freedom of Speech; Disclosure; Ethics; Foreign Countries; Story Telling; Vertical Organization; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausdruck; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Furcht; Arbeitsmilieu; Personalpolitik; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Unternehmenskultur; Organisationsklima; Redefreiheit; Ethik; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Many organisations declare that the ability for employees to speak out about organisational matters is important for organisational development. However, recent literature reports a widespread fear of retaliation among employees if they express themselves -- especially within the police. The point of departure of the present article is the tension and discrepancy between official policy and officers' accounts of the conversational climate within the police. Through empirical examples from data consisting of field studies and 33 interviews with police officers in subordinate ranks, this article describes how employees learn and reproduce informal norms that condition the conversational and working climate within the organisation. In contrast to official guidelines within the police, employees learn the informal cultural norms of keeping a low profile and remaining silent through everyday talk. Theories that stress how discourses, storytelling, and noisy silences accomplish social action are used to explain why these informal norms are given such power within an institutional setting. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01